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BUCKLE Filed April 22. 1952 1 NVENTOR Jamar J TIFFSOIV.

XLum Ala/MA ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 29, 1933 UNITED mm P'ArENr f i" A BUCKLE i Sidney Stiffson, NewtYorlg N; Y. Application April 22, 1932; 1 Serial No. a 606,844

-6 Claims. (or 241-12 My invention relates to a; device for holdingthe bosom or. ordinary soft shirt front in its proper smooth position against thebody of the wearer. j i

The ordinary shirt front has an inherent tendency to bulge and wrinkle when being worn and it is the principal object of this, invention to pro- 4 ---in the appended claims, and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a person wearing asoft bosom shirt, ordinary suspenders and the shirt fasteners carried thereby to hold the front of the shirt in smooth conditions; Figure 2 is an elevational view of the suspender buckle equipped with one embodiment of my invention; Figure 3 is a substantially transverse sectional view taken on lines 3-3 of "Figure 2; Figure 4 is a front elevational view .of another form of the invention; and Figure 5, is an elevational view of a still further modification.

Referring to the drawing, 10 denotes the ordinary bosom of a soft shirt and 11 the shoulder straps of the usual type of suspenders or trouser supporters. Each shoulder strap 11 is provided with a buckle 12 for the purpose of adjusting the length of the strap.

According to the embodiment of the invention illustratively exemplified in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the buckle 12 comprises a back plate '13 provided'with a clamp 14 on one face to engage the strands of the suspender forming the shoulder strap and a second clamp 15 on the opposite face to receive and engage a portion of the shirtfront.

The clamp 15 in the present instance consists in an angular piece of metal, one arm thereof being shorter than the other and adapted at its ree edge to engage the material of the shirt against the plate 13, while the longer arm forms the lever to swing and hold the shorter arm in closed position. Each end of the angle of the clamp 15 is provided with a short pin or projection 16 which pivots in, an ear piece bent upright from the rear face of the plate 13.

-to the shirt front distending forces in opposite In accordance withthejform of the invention described in the foregoing, it will be noted that the means for engaging and holding the opposite sides of the shirt front are concealed behind the plate 13 so that-in the3-event the waist coat is, removed the suspenders ,will merely display the ordinary buckle. l ,j

In accordance with the embodiment illustrated in Figure the buckle'is of the usual constructionconsisting of a back plate 1'7 and pivotally mounted clamp or front plate 18. The means'for engaging and holding the side of the'shirt com prises a U shaped wire piece lQ pivotally mounted along the upwardly disposed side of the back' plate 17 and a flexible tab carried at one end on the same plate and provided adjacent its ifr'ee end with an upstanding knob 21 to separably engage V itself between theiwire at the closed end of'the piece 19; The portion ofthe shirt to be engaged is placed between the tab 20 and-piece 19, and the knob 21 is then projected with the shirt material'into the loop of the wire piece. An arrangement of this character on each side'of the shirt front causes the latter to be pulled away from p the center towards each arm and provides an 0 even smooth distributionof the material of the shirt front against the body of the wearer.

The modification illustrated in Figure 5 includes the flexible tab'20a, knob 21a, and wire loop 19a already described, but instead of these parts being attacheddirectly to the buckle 11, they are mounted on the outer ends of short elastic strips 2 2, so as to give more resiliency to the shirt connection than is'afiorded by the suspender straps alone. 1 a

Having now described-my invention and the manner in which the same is utilized, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1; An appliance for use in conjunction with a shirt and trousers for retaining them in proper association with'the body and witheach other when simultaneously worn, which comprises: suspenders for supporting the trousers, the, suspenders including a pair of bands extending frontally over the shirt, each band includingdevices for making it effective to apply to the trousers a predetermined supporting force, the devices comprising means for adjusting the effective length of the band and means for effecting engagement of the' band with the trousers, and an elastic member associated with one of the devices of each band, the member of each band having means for engaging adjacent shirt material, the associated members of the opposed bands cooperating to apply v by the shirt front will be held smoothly against the body of the wearer.

3. In combination with suspenders for support- I ing trousers in position upon thebody, the sus-' penders including a pair of members :'adapted to.

overlie a shirt'worn in conjunction with trousers,

means for engaging the sides'of the shirt front to" hold it smoothly against the body of the, wearer,

the means including flexible tabs each attached at an end to a member, eachofthe tabs being provided with a knob adjacent'the other free end,

' and a U-shaped metal loop hinged on the member of the wearer.

and arranged to cooperate with the knob for en} gaging and holding a portion of the shirt material interposed'between knob and loop, wherebythe shirt front will be held smoothly against the body 4. In combination with suspenders for supporting trousers in position upon the body, the suspenders including a pair of members adapted to overlie a shirt worn in conjunction with trousers, means for engaging the sides of the shirt front to hold it smoothly against the body of the wearer, the means including fiexibletabs, each of the tabs being provided with a knob adjacent a free end of the tab, a U-shaped metal loop hinged on the member and arranged to cooperate with the knob for engaging and holding a portion of the shirt material interposed between knob and loop, and a strip of elastic webbing between the other endof the tab and the member, whereby the shirt front will be held smoothly against the bodyiof the wearer.

, 5. An appliance for use in conjunction with a shirt and trousers for retaining them in proper association with the body and with each other when simultaneously worn, which comprises: suspenders for supporting the trousers, the suspen-f ders including a pair of bands extending frontally over the shirt and secured to the trousers, and a shirt-material engaging member secured to and extending from each band and within the outer margins of the bands. l i

6. An appliance for use in conjunction with'a shirtand trousers for retaining them in proper association with the body and with each other when simultaneously worn, which comprises: suspenders for supporting the trousers, the suspenders including a pair of bands extending frontally over the shirt and secured to'the trousers, and a shirt-material engaging member secured to each band, the members being extended towardeach other from the bands. r

, SIDNEY STIFFSON. 

